Machine for burnishing the edges of the heels and soles of boots and shoes.



I I z. BEAUDRY. MACHINE FOR BURNISHING THE EDGES OF THE HEELS. AND- SOLES OF, BOOTS A ND SHOES. 7

APPLICATION FILED JAN.30,'1904'. RENEWED. MAR. 29, 1905. 1,092,469.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Z. BEAUDRY, MACHINE FOR BURNISHING THE EDGES OF THE HEELS AND SOLES 0F BOOTS AND SHOES. APPLIOATION FILED Jmyao, 1904. RENEWED MAR. 29, 1905.

1,092,469, Patented Apr.-?, 1914;

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Vp inass as 1/ Jnvenon- I Z. 'BEAUDRY.

mcnmn FOR BURNISHING'IHE mans or THE 11 m AND SOLES 0P.B00Ts AND SHOES;

APPLICATION FILED JAN.30,.1904. RENEWED MAR.'29, 1905. v

Patented Apr. 7,1914.

3 sums-sum a.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Cu-.WA5H|NUTON, b. c.

rmrrnn s'rATEs PATENT cur os.

ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TO UNITED-XPEDITE FINISHING COMPANY, OF BERWICK, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

MACHINE non BURNISI-IING THE noses on THE HEELS AND SOLES or BOOTS AND srrons.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

Appfication filed. January 30, 1904, Serial No. 191,247. Renewed March 29, 1905. Serial No. 252,646.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Burnishing the Edges of the Heels and Soles of Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for finishing boots and shoes and particularly to a machine for burnishing and polishing the edges of heels and soles.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, durable, and easily operated machine for the purpose specified which will perform for a given amount of labor an increased amount of work of superior quality as compared with machines for the same purpose now in use.

The invention consists, in a machine of the character described, of two or more burnishing .or polishing wheels, one or more of said wheels having a yielding periphery, arranged one above the other and in vertical alinement with each other, so that as the edge of a heel or sole of a boot is being burnished it may be pushed backward and forward between said wheels and the edges of the heel or sole, as the case may be, quickly polished or burnished, over the entire area of said edges.

The invention consists further in certain details of arrangement and construction as specifically set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation partly in section of my improved burnishing machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a modified arrangement of burnishing rolls and polishing rolls. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1, as viewed from the left of said figure. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, partly in elevation, taken on line 4-4 of Fig; 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section, partly in elevation, taken on line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic side elevation, viewed from the left of Fig. 1, illustrating the different relative positions of the polishing rolls and the shoe which is being operated upon. Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view, similar to Fig. 6, viewed from the left of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a modified form. of burnishing machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic side elevation viewed from the left of Fig. 8 and similar to Figs. 6 and 7.

Like numerals refer to like parts through-- out the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6: 12 is the base, 13 the column and 14 the frame of my improved burnishing machine. The main driving shaft 15 is journaled to rotate in bearings in the column 13 and is driven by fast and loose pulleys 16, 17. Three burnishing or polishing wheels 18, 19 and are provided, arranged in vertical alinement with each other, the upper burnishing wheel 18 consisting, preferably of a burnishing iron having grooves in its periphery. The middle wheel 19 is known as a polishing wheel and is preferably formed of felt or other cloth material, thus presenting a yielding periphery. The bottom wheel 20 consists, preferably, of a rotary brush, and also presents a yielding periphery. The rotary burnishing iron 18 is fast to a shaft 21, journaled to rotate in a bearing 22 formed in a frame 23. The frame 23 is pivoted upon studs 24 fast to the right hand arm 25 of the frame 14 and is provided with a counterweight 26 adjustably fastened to a rod 27, said rod 27 being rigidly fastened to the pivoted frame 23. The forward end of the frame 23 is constructed to move up and down in a slot 28 formed in the arm 29 upon the left hand side of the frame 14. A clamp-screw 30 having screw-threaded engagement with the frame 14 may be used to clamp the pivoted frame 23 rigidly to the frame 14. A gage 31, projecting through a hole formed in a boss 32 upon the frame 14 and fastened thereto by a clamp screw 33 (Figs. 1, 3 and 4) determines the distance to which the burnishing iron 18 can descend and thus limits the distance of said burnishing iron from the polishing wheel 19. The shaft 21 and burnishing iron 18 are rotated by a pulley 34 fast to said shaft and connected by a belt 35 to a pulley 36 fast to the main driving shaft 15. The polishing wheel 19 is fast to and rotated by a shaft 37 journaled to rotate in bearings 38 formed in the frame 14. A pulley 39 is fast to the shaft 37 and is connected by a belt 40 to a pulley 41 fast to the main driving shaft 15. The polishing brush is rotated bythe shaft 42 journaled to rotate in a bearing 43 formed in a frame 44 pivoted upon studs 45 fast to an arm 46 depending from the right hand side of the frame 14. The'polishing brush 20, together with the shaft 42, is ro-- tated by a pulley 76 fast to the shaft 42.

is free to slide upon the upper end of the rod 48 and is provided with a head 51 which is pressed against the under side of the frame 44 by said spring 47. The lower end of the spring 47 bears against a collar 52 which is formed to slide upon the rod 48 and is adjustably fastened thereto by a clamp-screw 53. The collar 52 has a gage rod 54 adjustably fastened thereto (by means of a clamp screw 55) which extends upwardly therefrom and is bent over at its upper end in a curve to engage the upper side of the pivoted frame 44. It will thus be seen that the frame 44, shaft 42 and rotary brush 20 are carried upwardly toward the polishing wheel 19 by the spring 47 and that the distance to which said wheel may be moved upwardly is limited by the stop rod 54. If it is desired to bring the brush nearer to the polishing wheel 19, the gage rod 54 may be adjusted upwardly by means of the clamp screw 53, the collar 52 moving upwardly with the gage rod 54 and the tension of the spring 47 remaining unchanged by said adjustment. A bottom or tread gage 56 is provided to guide the operator as he is presenting the shoe to the polishing wheels as hereinafter described. Said bottom gage consists of a plate 57 which eX- tends from above the burnishing iron 18 around the front side of said iron in a semicircular form, between said burnishing iron and the polishing wheel 19, and thence in another semi-circular curve extends around the polishing wheel 19 and downwardly therebelow. The bottom gage 56 is provided with a stud 58 rigidly to and adjustably fastened to the frame 14 by a clamp-screw 59, so that the bottom gage 56 may be moved toward the right or left. (Fig. 1). Two stop plates60 and 61 are provided to limit the distance to which theshoe may be pushed away from the operator between the rolls. Said stop plates are fastened to the bottom gage 56 by means of the clamp screws 62 and 63, respectively, which project through slots 64 and 65 in said bot tom gage and have screw-threaded engagement with said stop plates. The burnishing fastened there iron 18 is heated in a manner well known to those skilled in this art by a gas jet provided by a gas pipe 66 which terminates inan annular groove 67 formed in the rear face of said burnishing iron (Fig. 4).

The general operation of burnishing the heel of a shoe by my improved burnishing machine as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5 is illustrated in diagram in Fig 6, and in this particular operation of said machine the pivotal frame 23, is locked to the frame 14 by the clamp-screw 30, so that in the operation hereinafter described it will be understood that the burnishing iron 18 and the polishing wheel 19 maintain afixed relation, one to the other, as the shoe is being burnished and that the polishing brush 20 is free to move downwardly away from th'e'polishing roll 19, its pivotal frame 44 tipping upon the pivotal studs 45 and the spring 47 yielding to allow of this action. The shoe is held by the operator in the usual manner, wit-h the bottom of the heel resting against the front face of the bottom gage 56 and the lower outer edge of the heel, as

it is thus held, is first brought to bear against the rotary burnishing iron 18, as shown in full lines a, Fig. 6. The shoe'is then carried forward, as shown in dotted lines, around said burnishing wheel to the position a, then downwardly and below the burnishing wheel in contact therewith to the position of; thence it is dropped into contact with the upper side of the polishing wheel 19 into the position a thence it is carried around said polishing wheel to the front thereof in the position a and thence is carried downwardly and forced between the polishing wheel 19 and the polishing brush 20 to the position (6 said polishing wheel yielding downwardly from the position shown in full lines, Fig. 6, to that shown in dotted lines therein, to allow said shoe to be forced in between the polishing wheel 19 and said polishing brush, the peripheries of said brush and wheel yielding toconform to the varying curves of the heel at different points upon the edge thereof. The shoe is next drawn forward by the operator and carried down around the polishing brush to the positions a and a in the order named. \Vhen the shoe has passed between the rolls, as hereinbefore described, the extent to which the shoe can be carried away from the operator between the rolls is limited by the stop plates 60 and 61.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a modified form of my invention in which the burnish ing iron 18 is fastened to the shaft 37 and a second polishing wheel 19 is provided which is fastened to theupper shaft 21. In using this arrangement of my invention the clamp-screw 30 is unscrewed so that the pivotal frame 23 may be tipped upon its pivotal studs'24. The manner in which this form of device is carried into practical operation is illustrated in diagram in Fig. 7. The heel of the shoe 7) is first burnished upon the iron 18, as hereinbefore described. It is then carried between the rolls 19 and 19, as shown in dotted lines b it is then brought forward and passed between the rolls 19 and 20, as shown in dotted lines, 72 and is finally carried back from between the rolls 19 and 20 and downwardly to the position shown in dotted lines I). It will be noted that the polishing wheel 19, being stationary as to vertical movement, when the shoe is forced between the periphery of the rolls 19 and 19, said roll 19' moves up wardly from the position shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines, Fig. 7, and when the shoe is forced between the rolls 19 and 20, the lower roll 20 yields and moves downwardly into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 7.

In Fig. 8 another modified form of my invention is illustrated and in Fig. 9 is illustrated a diagrammatic representation of the manner in which the different rolls operate when the shoe is being burnished thereon, and in said figures 13 is a portion of a column and 1 1 the frame fast thereto. The burnishing iron 18 is fast to a shaft 21 journaled to rotate in bearings formed in the frame 1 1 and driven by a pulley 34: fast to said shaft. The polishing wheel 19 is fast to a shaft 37' journaled to rotate in bearings 38 formed in a frame 68 pivoted at 69 to an arm 70 extending rearwardly from the frame 1%. A. counterweight 71 is adjustably fastened to a rod 72 fixed to the frame 68. The counterweight 71 acts to raise the pivoted frame 68 at its forward end, and the distance to which it can raise said frame is limited by a gage 73 fastened by a clamp-screw 74 to a bracket 75 upon the top of the column 13'. The polishing brush 20 is fast to a rotary shaft 42 journaled to rotate in the pivoted frame 44 and driven by a pulley 76, the same in all respects as in the form indicated in Fig. 1.

The operation of the form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 8 is illustrated in Fig. 9 wherein the shoe 0 is placed upon and in contact with the burnishing iron 18, as shown in full lines, carried around said burnishing iron and between the same and the polishing wheel 19 to the position indicated in dotted lines a, the polishing wheel 19 yielding and moving downwardly from the position shown in full lines to the position shown in dotted lines. The shoe is next brought forward from between the burnishing iron 18 and the polishing wheel 19 and carried between the polishing wheel 19 and the rotary brush 20 to the position shown in dotted lines 0 the roll 20 yielding and moving downwardly to the position shown in dotted lines to allow of the shoe being pushed between said rolls. Fi nally, the shoe is brought forward from the position shown at c and carried beneath the roll 20 to the position 0 It will be noted that in Figs. 6 and 9, the difierent polishing wheels are all rotating in the same direction, while in Fig. 7 the polishing wheel 19 rotates in the opposite direction to that in which the polishing wheels 19 and 20 rotate, the direction of rotation of the upper shaft to which the polishing wheel 19 is attached being reversed by crossing the belt 35, Fig. 1.

The advantages to be derived from the construction of my improved machine, hereinbefore described, and the mode of applying the shoe thereto, are as follows: On account of the vertical alinement of the different burnishing and polishing wheels, the operator can move the shoe from one polishing wheel to another very rapidly, carrying it down in a straight path from the uppermost burnishing iron to the lowermost brush. Again, by pushing the shoe between two rotating burnishing wheels, one or both of which have a yielding periphery, both sides can be burnished simultaneously, even pressure can be brought to bear upon the heel of the shoe which is being operated upon and thus both the quality of the work and the amount can be greatly increased in proportion to the amount of labor expended by the operator.

It will readily be seen and understood that a much greater amount of work can be produced by the use of the improved burnishing machine hereinbefore described as compared with the present manner of burnishing shoes upon a machine in which the operator has to move the shoe from one roll toanother longitudinally of the shaft and step from one to the other in order to do so, at each operation getting the shoe in proper alinement with the burnishing roll. The speed of the burnishing is not only a saving in the amount of work turned out, but in the quality for the reason that the moment the heel leaves the hot iron or burnishing roll 18, it comes in contact with the cold polishing roll 19 before the waX has any time to harden, it being understood that wax is applied to the burnishing roll 18 in any convenient and practical manner, well known to those skilled in this art.

The object of reversing the belt 35 so that the polishing wheels 19 and 19 shall turn in opposite directions is so that said polishing wheels may not be injured or cut into by the sharp corners of the breast of the heel, thus defacing and soon rendering useless said polishing wheels. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 7 the wheels 19 and 19 rotate in opposite directions and the direction of rotation of each wheel upon the sid thereof which contacts with the heel is from the back toward the front of said heel.

beneath and in alinement with said polishing wheel, said rotary brush and polishing wheel also adapted to operate upon opposite sides of the heel. or sole of a boot as said boot is fed therebetween. r

2. A burnishing machine for boots and shoes comprising a pair of rotary polishing wheels, arranged one above the other, one of said wheels having a yielding peripher said wheels adapted to operate upon opposite sides of the heel or sole of a boot, as said boot is fed therebetween, and a stop located between said wheels at one side of a vertical longitudinal median .plane extending through the axes of said polishing wheels and adjustable toward and from that plane to vary the extent to which the boot or shoe may be introduced between the wheels, said stop having an acting face formed to permit the work to be shifted in contact therewith for presenting it to said two Wheels.

In the difierent forms of my invention hereinbefore described counterweights and springs have been shown, the purpose of said counterweights and springs being to tip the pivoted frames upon their pivotal studs for the purpose specified. It is evident that springs may be used instead of counterweights as shown and described or vice versa without departing from the spirit of my in vention. Difierent forms of polishing wheels have been described and referred to, as for instance, the burnishing iron 18, the polishing wheel of cloth or felt 19 and the rotary brush 20. The particular form or material of which these different rotary burnishing devices are constructed is immaterial, as each in its broadest sense constitutes a rotary polishing or burnishing wheel, it being understood that one at least of each pair of wheels which simultaneously cooperate one with another must be a soft wheel or brush having a flexible periphery, for the reason that if two hard burnishing wheels, located one above the other, operate simultaneously upon the heel of a shoe, it is impossible to rock the heel of the shoe laterally so as to bring all portions of the edges of said heel in contact with the periphery of the burnishing wheels, one of said wheels preventing the heel from being rocked laterally in order to bring the entire area of the edge against the periphery f the burnishing wheel. lVhereas, if one of the burnishing wheels is a soft wheel, while the other is a hard burnishing iron, the heel can be rocked laterally so as to bring the surface of the edge thereof in contact with the burnishing iron throughout its whole extent, the soft wheel yielding to allow the operator to tip the heel for the purpose specified.

While the drawings illustrating this invention and the specific description hereinbefore set forth illustrate more particularly a machine adapted to burnish the heels of boots and shoes, it is evident that without further description or illustration a machine embodying my invention could be construct ed to polish or burnish the edges of the soles of boots and shoes by simply changing the width and shape in cross section of the periphery of said polishing and burnishing wheels in a manner very familiar to those skilled in this art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to Se cure is:

1. A burnishing shoes comprising in its construction a pivotally supported frame, a shaft journaled upon said pivoted frame, and a finishing wheel fast to said shaft; in combination with a stationary rOCl, a collar adjustably fastened thereto, a spring interposed between said collar and pivoted frame, anda stoprod adjustably supported and arranged to abut movement. 7 V

4:- A finishing machine for boots and shoes comprising a rigidly sustained frame, a

shaft journaled therein and carrying a fin and below said rigidly supported frame and provided with work rubbing wheels arranged in approximately the same plane as said finishing tool and adapted to be wedged away from said finishing tool by the work, and means for yieldingly holding each of the said wheels normally in a position to act on one side of the heel while the other side is being treated by said finishing tool.

shoes comprising in its construction two wheels, arranged one above and in alinement with the other and adapted to operate upon opposite sides of the heel or sole of a boot as said boot is fed therebetween, combined with a tread rest for guiding the shoe asit is introduced between the wheels, and a stop adjustable toward and from the plane of the axes of said wheels for variably limiting the distance which a shoe maybe introduced, said machine having means for driving one of said wheels in the direction to draw the work toward said stop. 7

6. A machine for finishing heels and soles of boots and shoes comprising a plurality of rotatable work members arranged in approximately the same plane and adjacent to each other, and a tread rest arranged with relation to said work members for guiding a machine for boots and shoes comprising in its construction a rotary burnishing iron, a rotary polishing wheel having a yielding periphery located beneath and in alinement with said burnishing iron, said burnishing iron and polishing wheel adapted to operate upon opposite sides of the heel or sole of a boot as said boot is fed therebetween, and a rotary brush located ishing tool, movable frames mounted above,

5. A burnishing machine for boots and 3. A burnishing machine for boots and against said pivoted frame and limit its heel in the different relations in which the shoe requires to be positioned for presenting the entire edge of the heel to said members successively. 1

7 A machine for finishing heels of boots and shoes comprising a pair of rotatable work members arranged in approximately the same plane and adjacent to each other, and

a tread rest having an acting face partially encircling each of said work members and extending between them and arranged to guide the heel for movement thereover downwardly in contact with one work member and pushed backwardly between the work members and then moved downwardly and forwardly in contact with the other work member while the shoe is being turned to present the entire length of the edge of the heel to each work member successively.

8. A machine for finishing heels of boots and shoes comprising a pair of rotatable work members arranged in approximately the same plane and adjacent to each other, a tread rest having an acting face partially encircling each of said work members and extending between them, and a stop adjustably mounted on said rest to limit the movement of the heel over the rest.

9. A machine for finishing heels, comprising a plurality of rotatable work members arranged in approximately the same plane, combined with a tread rest forming a continuous uide for the shoe in the presentation of the heel successively to diiferent sides of each of the said work members, and means supporting said rest for adjustment relatively to said work members.

10. A machine for finishing heels, comprising a plurality of rotatable work members having different characteristics and adapted by their successive action to produce a desired finish on a heel, combined with a tread rest formed and arranged to guide the shoe in the presentation of the entire length of the heel edge to each of said work members, and means supporting said rest for adjustment in directions parallel to the axes of said members.

11. A shoe finishing machine comprising a plurality of work members arranged in substantially the same plane and adjacent to each other, and a rest positioned adjacent to said members and arranged to guide the shoe in the positions which it assumes in pre' senting the opposite sides and the end of a heel successively to one each of said work members and in moving the shoe from one of said members to the other one, and means supporting said rest and members for relative adjustment.

12. In a shoe finishing machine the. combination of two work members constituted to perform successive steps in finishing a heel, with a tread rest constructed and arranged to support a shoe continuously while all the different portions of the heel edge are operated upon by one of said work members and to guide the shoe between said work members into position for simultaneous operation of the work members on opposite sides of the, heel.

13. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a plurality of finishing wheels arranged in substantially the same vertical plane and one above another, and a tread guide positioned adjacent to said wheels and constructed to guide a shoe as it is moved downwardly in contact with one wheel and pushed backwardly between the wheels and then moved forwardly and downwardly in contact with the next lower wheel while the shoe is turned to present the entire length of the heel edge to the action of each wheel successively in one continuous movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY. Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GooDINe, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

Copies of this patent may be Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,092,469, granted April 7, 1914,

upon the application of Zotique Beaudry, of Lynn, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Machines for Burnishing the Edges of the Heels and Soles of Boots and Shoes, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows:

Page 5, line 56, the Words one each should be transposed; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 4th day of August, A. D., 1914.

[send J. T. NEW TON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

